Necktie.



H. A. CLARK.

NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31. 19M.

Patented July 11, 1916.

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HARRY A. CLARK, 0F DES MOINES, IOYVA.

NECK'IIE.

Application filed August 31, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY A. CLARK, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polkand State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Necktie, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a neck tie of simple, durableand inexpensive construction.

More particularly it is my object to provide a neck tie, so constructedand arranged that it may be readily and easily attached to an ordinarycollar button, and having adjustable parts so mounted that the neck tiecan be secured at different relative heights with relation to the collarbutton.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction,combination and arrangement of the various parts of the device, wherebythe objects contemplated are at tained, as hereinafter more fully setforth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a neck tie, embodying my invention,installed on a collar button. Fig. 2 shows a sectional view, taken onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of theupright reinforcing member and the adjustable fastening device.

In the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate generally an ordinary linen collar of the.

turn down type, which is secured in front to a shirt 11 by means of theordinary collar button 12, having a head 18.

My improved neck tie comprises a cloth portion 14, which may be of anyordinary shape but as shown has the form of the ordinary four-in-hand.The upper portion of the neck tie is provided with a horizontal member15, the ends of which extend beyond the main portion of the neck tie 14.The member 15 is provided with suitable stiffening device 16, which maybe of leather or any suitable material. The main body of the neck tie14, just below the portion 16, is provided within the folds of its clothwith the substantially upright reinforcing member 17, clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3. The reinforcing member 17 is sewed into thecloth. Said reinforcing member is provided with a plurality of openings18, which are preferably screw-threaded. The cloth of the neck tie 14 isprovided with openings which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1t, 1916.

Serial No. 859,543.

may, if desired, receive eyelets 19, which register with the openings 18in the reinforcing devices 17.

For securing the neck tie 14 to the collar button 12, a fastening deviceis provided comprising a shank 20, having a screwthreaded end 21,adapted to be selectively secured to any of the openings 18. Theopposite end of the shank 20 is provided with a resilient catch device22, adapted to receive and hold the head 13 of the collar buttOn 12.

In this connection it will be understood that the catch device 22 may beof any suitable form to accomplish the purpose and that any suitablemeans may be employed for selectively mounting the shank 20 at variousheights on the reinforcing means 17.

In the practical use of my improved neck tie the shank 20 is mounted inone of the openings 18. The neck tie is then easily placed in positionand the fastening device 22 is snapped over the head 13. The position ofthe shank 20 with relation to the reinforcing means 17 and thereforewith relation to the neck tie 14 may be determined by the height of thecollar with which the neck tie is being worn. For a low collar, theshank 20 may be screwed into one of the upper holes 18 while for a highcollar the shank may be selectively mounted in one of the lower holes.

It will thus be seen that the neck tie may be readily and easilyadjusted for use with collars of different heights. No unsightly partsare visible at any time when my improved neck tie is used. Considerablyless material is required for making a neck tie than is ordinarily thecase. The neck tie can be tied when originally manufactured and thus atrue and artistic tie can always be secured, which might not be the caseif the neck tie were tied each time when it was put on. The neck tie issaved from wrinkling and wear due to repeated tyings.

It will be understood that some changes may be made in the details ofthe construction of my neck tie without departing from its'essentialfeatures as set forth herein, and it is my intent to cover by thisapplication any such changes which may be included within the scope ofmy claim:

I claim as my invention:

In a neck tie, a substantially upright neck tie portion, a transverseportion at the upper end thereof, projecting beyond the sides ofscrew-threaded openings, said upright portion having openings arrangedto register With said screw-threaded openings on one side thereof andprovided with eyelets, a fastening 'devlce comprising a screw-thread-"edshanl'cadapted to extend through said eyelets and received in saidopenings, said 10 Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

